0 BISKUPIMA STONSKIM, TREBINJSKIM I BOSANSKIM U OKVIRU DUBROVAČKE METROPOLIJE DO 30-IH GODINA 14. STOLJEĆA 1 STAROSLAVENSKOJ SLUŽBI BOŽJOJ U NJIHOVIM BISKUPIJAMA.

The first mention of the Diocese of Ston is in the archive of the Split Council in 928, Trebinje diocese is mentioned in a bull by Pope Benedict VIII in 1022, and the Diocese of Bosnia in the Provinciale Vetus archive, in a section created between 1060 and 1075. The jurisdictional area of the Diocese of Ston was Hum (Zahumlje); of Trebinje diocese the „principality" of Tribunija and probably Podgorje, the area between Neve- sinje and Niksic; and of the Diocese of Bosnia the original land area of Bosnia, which later spread with the area of Bosnian Banovina. We know very little about the bishops and their actions in these dioceses until the mid-12th century. From the mid-12th century to the 1330s, these areas came onto the historical stage due to the turbulent political and religious circumstances, and news of them appeared regularly in papal bulls, and in the record of Dubrovnik chroniclers. Bishop Donat of Ston was exiled around 1180from his diocese during the reign of Miroslav Nemanjić. There are only occasional references to the bishops of Trebinje, while the names of Bosnian bishops of the period, which were Slavic, are mostly known to us. The prevailing liturgical language in these dioceses was Slavic, and the rite was Roman. In addition to the Roman rite the Byzantine rite may have co-existed to a small degree, and in outlying areas the two rites may have been mixed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]